You’ve Got 5 Options is a biweekly Radio Talk Show, hosted by two childhood friends, who once had a DD (“Drunken Dream”) of starting a podcast with a mission to help people getting out of seemingly hopeless situations.
Our specialty is solving real life challenges of our listeners. For each problem we receive, we provide five different solutions to chose from (which means, that over the past 3 years, we have come up with at least 500 different options!)
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You’ve Got 5 Options is a biweekly Radio Talk Show, hosted by two childhood friends, who once had a DD (“Drunken Dream”) of starting a podcast with a mission to help people getting out of seemingly hopeless situations.
Our specialty is solving real life challenges of our listeners. For each problem we receive, we provide five different solutions to chose from (which means, that over the past 3 years, we have come up with at least 500 different options!)
Join us if you want to learn about alternative problem-solving techniques and listen to our extraordinary and unorthodox guests. And if you’d like us to solve your problem, don’t hesitate to contact us
In this episode, Marta and Anna interview a friend of the show, Morten Bonde, following his journey after publishing his book "Dømt blind. Hva' så?" and now the English version "Sentenced to Blindness. Now what?". Morten tells us how he, day by day, keeps on choosing to see the possibilities instead of giving in to hopelessness, despite becoming legally blind.
About Morten
Morten is an inspiring man, radiating good energy, connecting wisdom and boyish charm in a unique way. It is a true pleasure to speak to him.
"In 2002, at age 29, Danish art director Morten Bonde learned he had retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye condition that causes visual cells in the retina to die one by one. Today, Bonde, now 47, has a visual field (the area of space you can see at one time) of four degrees. A person with a visual field of 20 degrees or less is considered legally blind."
Read more here
Living with Retinitis Pigmentosa
Morten's Book
A chapter from the audiobook
Buy anywhere in the world:
mybook.to/sentencedtoblindness
Release video
"Is it possible to change who you are? Is it possible to teach oneself to see possibilities rather than limitations? Morten Bonde says yes. Morten Bonde has an eye condition that is slowly making him go blind. In 2016, his vision was so severely reduced that his life couldn’t continue as before. It had been all go with a family and a career at the LEGO Group. Then his whole world collapsed. But when everything was at its bleakest, he experienced a sudden clarity for how to regain zest for life and emerge from the darkness stronger than ever before. He succeeded in returning from hopelessness to regaining a positive and indomitable view of life.SENTENCED TO BLINDNESS – NOW WHAT? by Morten Bonde provides concrete tools and tangible suggestions for how to cope with life crises and challenges. It is a poignant and life-affirming description of how he—in less than a year and with only four degrees of vision—went from depression and stagnation to once again serving as senior art director at the LEGO Group, and how the key to such a transformation lies in our own minds! His story is an inspirational tribute to life and a testament to how we can all activate our inner strength and live the authentic lives we really want".
Our inspiring conversation
During the interview we touch upon:
The title of the book and who is it for
About taking responsibility for your life versus feeling sorry for yourself
The three very special, mysterious characters appearing in the book
How humour helps Morten cope with awkward situations related to losing his vision
How dark can it get and how to keep on seeing the light
If you're curious here's the link to the interview from March 2019
How to get in contact with Morten
Morten's website
You've Got 5 Options
You’ve Got 5 Options is a biweekly Radio Talk Show, hosted by two childhood friends, who once had a DD (“Drunken Dream”) of starting a podcast with a mission to help people getting out of seemingly hopeless situations.
Our specialty is solving real life challenges of our listeners. For each problem we receive, we provide five different solutions to chose from (which means, that over the past 3 years, we have come up with at least 500 different options!)
Join us if you want to learn about alternative problem-solving techniques and listen to our extraordinary and unorthodox guests. And if you’d like us to solve your problem, don’t hesitate to contact us
